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By mr. bill |
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In my last ramblings on the subject of “Getting Going in Aviation”, I brought out some major points in pursuing this dream. MEDICAL - TRAINING SCHOOL - TIME - INSTRUCTOR DA’ MEDICAL - The third class medical fairly simple to obtain. A requirement which MAY be removed soon with the Sports Pilot proposal. DA’ SCHOOL - Two types. Part 61 or 141. St. Charles Muni is a FAR Part 141 approved training school. Bill Jagust is a FAR Part 61 certified flight instructor. DA’ TIME - is precious. DA’ INSTRUCTOR - Remember you are hiring someone
to teach you to fly. You will put your trust and life with this person.
This person needs to be an “instructor” and not a showboat.
People have shared about troubles in training. One friend went for gyrocopter
training and during the first three lessons they just “buzzed’
the country side. The student was stunned about the “training”
and never went back. Another man called to share about his 25 hours
of dual flight training in a Cessna 172 and how he had not soloed yet.
This man was asking ME WHY HIS INSTRUCTOR HAD NOT SOLOED HIM. This was
a situation where this “instructor” was not an instructor.
Oh, he had a Certified Flight Instructor's ticket, but did not trust
his own teaching skills so he was NOT going to trust the student to
solo. The student now had some training troubles. The LAW OF FIRSTS
in educating students is that they will remember what they are taught
first. This instructor had his “own” reasons why, one they
had to do flight training in a four seat aircraft instead of a two seater.
(He was a little cramped in the two seater and the price for the four
seater was only $12.00 more). Secondly, this instructor believed that
the landing traffic pattern should be flown at a lower altitude than
described in that Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). What happen
to this student? This 38 year old, Chapter 32 member, who dreamed of
flying, who now has 25 hours of dual flight time in a Cessna 172, at
$50/ hour, waiting to solo.now has to get a new instructor to erase
the wrong stuff and teach the “wright” stuff (sorry Orville).
The new instructor must keep this student believing in himself and the
new system and help the student overcome the previous pitfalls in his
training. And now the rest of the story. He survived and received his
Private Certificate within two months of changing his instructor. He
has since purchased a share of a Cessna 120 and learned real three wheel
flying, tailwheel that is. He is presently finishing up his “finishing
kit” on that antiquated RV-6A airplane. Why do students fail to
complete. Many times it is the people of the system. How to |